Abbots Bromley is the home of
this most ancient processional ritual, performed every year on Wakes
Monday in September. Here are actuality recordings with the tunes
for the dance played on melodeon by Douglas Fowell with triangle
accompaniment by Brian Grimley, while the leader of the team, his
father, Jim Fowell, gives his views on the origin of dance, the
reindeer horns and describes the route with the sound of dancers.
Also included is THE OLD ABBOTS BROMLEY TUNE noted together with
the FLAXLEY AIR from the fiddling of Wheelwright Robinson over 100 years
ago. Recordings in 1954 by Peter Kennedy
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